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THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



[April 



1905. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



The Stein Double Cushion Tire Co. (Akron), March i, 1905, 

 under Ohio laws, to manufacture rubber goods; authorized 

 capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Jacob Newman, Joseph 

 Frankel, Jacob Landesman, Jacob Selmanovitch, L. G. Kraus. 

 This company was first incorporated under New Jersey laws, 

 in September, 1901, succeeding another company by the same 

 name, formed at Meadville, Pennsylvania, to market a tire pat- 

 ented by Charles Stein, the tires being made at that time under 

 contract. Work was begun on a factory at Akron early in 

 1902, and since the summer of that year the company have 

 made their own tires. 



= Sufl[olk Rubber Co., February i, 1905, under New York 

 laws, to manufacture rubber shoes; capital, S500. Incorpora- 

 tors : F. S. Cutler, A. V. Trust and C. B. Bretzfelder. The 

 New York City Directory records Alexander V. Trust as an 

 " investigator " and Charles B. Bretzfelder as a lawyer and no- 

 tary, both at No. 120 Broadway. The Brooklyn Times reports: 

 " The indications are that the rubber industry is to be revived 

 at Setauket. A stock company known as the Suffolk Rubber 

 Co. has recently been organized with Franz S. Cutler, of Mill- 

 brook, N. Y., as secretary and treasurer. A building, size 80X 

 80, is first to be built, and a large addition is soon to follow. A 

 large force of carpenters have been engaged to rush the build- 

 ings to completion." 



= Catasaqua Rubber Co. of Pennsylvania, February 16, 1905. 

 under Pennsylvania laws, to establish a rubber factory at East 

 Catasaqua ; capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Hugh E. Crilly, 

 Raymond W. Lentz, and P. F. Cannon, Allentown, Pa. ; James 

 Regenry, Easton ; J. W. Kenevel, and W. W. Wilson, Philadel- 

 phia. This company was mentioned in The India Rubber 

 World, November i, 1904 (page 62), as having filed incorpor- 

 ation papers in the District of Columbia. 



= Reinforced Hard Rubber Co., March 13, 1905, under Dela- 

 ware laws, to manufacture hard rubber goods ; capital, $250,000. 

 Incorporators : Charles D. Bird, J. G. Gray, and M. B. F. Haw- 

 kins, all of Wilmington, Delaware. This company appears to 

 have been formed to exploit patents granted to Dr. W. R. Sine, 

 of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and other patents for which ap- 

 plication has been made, relating to new vulcanizing processes. 

 It is understood that the company is doing some work at the 

 Jersey City factory some time operated by the North American 

 Rubber Co., now in liquidation. 



= The Clark Insulation Co. (Boston), March 11, 1905, under 

 Massachusetts laws, to deal in insulation materials; authorized 

 capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Henry A.Clark (No. 186 Com- 

 monwealth avenue), Paul R. Curtis and George E. Curtis, Bos- 

 ton ; Harry B. Burley, Brookline. Mr. Clark is president and Mr. 

 Burley treasurer. Mr. Clark was the founder of the Eastern 

 Electric Cable Co., the embarrassment of which, in 1903, was 

 reported in these pages at that time. 



= The Phujnix Rubber Co., March 20, 1905, under Ohio laws ; 

 capital, $15,000. Incorporators: Jonathan Taylor, Akron; 

 John W. McCoy, W. C. Hollinger, C. Wiegand, and Milton 

 Prentice, Barberton. The company have purchased the plant 

 and rights of the Lilly Rubber Co., of Barberton, of which 

 Charles Ammerman was president and W. C. Lilly manager. 

 The new company will enlarge the Lilly plant, and manufac- 

 ture about the same line of goods. 



= Consumers' Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island), March 

 22, 1905, under Rhode Island laws, to manufacture and sell rub- 

 ber goods and acquire and dispose of patent rights, and other 

 business incidental thereto; capital, $100,000. Incorporators: 

 Terence McCarty, Nathan W. McCarty, and James P. Murphy, 

 all of Bristol. 



= Eureka Flexible Conduit Co., March 17, 1905, under New 

 Jersey laws, to manufacture and deal in, rubber conduits and 

 tubes; capital, $100,000. Incorporators: Watson H. Linburg, 

 Welling G. Sickel, and John S. Broughton. Registered office. 

 Prospect street, Trenton, N. J.; agent in charge, John S. 

 Broughton. 



= Acme Rubber Stamp Co. (Trenton). March 14. 1905. under 

 New Jersey laws, to manufacture rubber stamps ; capital $25,- 

 000. Incorporators : Charles E. Wardell, Norman F. Bicking, 

 and Bernard Menke, all of Trenton. 



= Henry A. Gould Co. (New York), March 4, 1905, under 

 New York laws, to deal in rubber merchandise ; capital, $125,- 

 000. Incorporators : Henry A. Gould, F. Matherson, and J. H. 

 Baker, all of New York city. 



= Banigan Rubber Co. (Buffalo, N. Y.), March 24, 1905, un- 

 der New York laws, to deal in rubber goods ; capital $25,000. 

 Incorporators: Edward R. Rice, Buffalo; Walter S. Ballou, 

 Providence, R. I.; and C. W. Barnes, New York city. 



= Acme Rubber Works (Brooklyn), March 18, 1905, under 

 New York laws ; capital, $25,000. Directors : Anton A . Jung, 

 George Fuchs, and Matthew McEwing, all of Brooklyn. 



=The Garlock Packing Co. (Palmyra, N. Y.), March 27, 1905, 

 under New York Laws, to make packings for steam, air, etc.; 

 capital $1,000,000. Directors: O. J. Garlock, Frederick W. 

 Griffith, and James H. L. Gallagher, all of Palmyra. This is to 

 continue a long established business. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The second annual banquet of the Mechanical Rubber Man- 

 ufacturers' Association of the United States is announced to 

 be held at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, on Thursday even- 

 ing, April 6, at 6.30 P. M. The banquet will be limited to man- 

 ufacturers of mechanical rubber goods and their associates, 

 and a very pleasant time is anticipated. The secretary, Mr. 

 William Hillman, has sent out notices to the members, asking 

 how many tickets will be required. 



= The Hood Rubber Co. have obtained permission from the 

 selectmen of Watertown, Massachusetts, to erect three addi- 

 tional buildings in connection with their factory— a brick three 

 story building 80X96 feet; a building 32X112 feet, to be part 

 one story and part four stories; and a building 24X24 feet. 

 The company are understood to have filed with the inspector 

 of buildings plans for two structures beside the above — one to 

 be used for wood working, and the other as a foundry. 



= The permanent offices of the Gutta Percha and Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Limited, have been removed to 

 the buildings at Y'onge and Wellington streets, Toronto, their 

 acquisition of which was reported in The India Rubber 

 World of December i last. 



= Poel & Arnold announce: "We are moving our Boston 

 office from No. 150 Franklin street, where we have been for so 

 many years, to Rooms 807 and 808, on the eighth floor of the 

 new Postoffice Square building. No. 79 Milk street, where we 

 will beat the disposal of our friends as heretofore." 



^The St. Louis office of the Home Rubber Co. (Trenton, 

 New Jersey) has been removed to No. 321 North Main street. 



=The Woonsocket Rubber Co. recently posted notices that 

 their two factories would close on March 30 for two weeks, for 

 the annual stock taking and repairs. 



= The Lowell Rubber Co., jobbers of rubber goods generally, 

 at Lowell, Massachusetts, have removed their sales room and 

 office to the Swan building. No. 24 Central street, where they 

 have a better location and much larger floor space. Mr. Isaac 

 Crocker, president and treasurer of the company, reports a very 

 satisfactory condition of business, which has already shown im- 

 provement since the removal of the store. 



